Anaes SAQs · Perioperative fluid & goal-directed therapy
The balanced crystalloid vs the saline
Final SAQ — the saline hyperchloraemia (154 mmol/L); the hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis; the renal vasoconstriction and the AKI risk; the SALT-ED and the SMART trials; the balanced crystalloid the preferred.
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Discuss the evidence for the balanced crystalloid (the Hartmann's, the Plasma-Lyte) vs the 0.9 per cent saline in the perioperative fluid therapy.
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Discuss the evidence for the balanced crystalloid (the Hartmann's, the Plasma-Lyte) vs the 0.9 per cent saline in the perioperative fluid therapy.
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- [1]Lorente JV, et al. Perioperative fluid therapy: a narrative review. Front Med, 2025.PMID 40823584
- [40823585]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.